Happy Birthday Daddy, I sliced my finger open! Sunday July 24th 2011 was quite the eventful day! Dad of course was busy at church with his Church responsibilities. The rest of us were at home prepping for the big celebration for when Dad got home. Garrett decided to be a nice guy and feed sunny (the Cat) some tuna fish. He took the can outside and next thing I knew came barrelling into the house waving his fingers spurting blood. He was screaming and waving his arms and was so out of control he slipped and slid right up next to me on the kitchen floor. I finally got him to hold his had still and calm down enough to survey the damage. Two deep gashes on his thumb and middle finger. Now the dilemma.... what to do now? Do I take Garrett to the ER and sit for 3 hours with all the kids or do we wait til Dad gets home? So I called my good friend Kristin whose husband is a Dr. for advice. She told me to hold on and Matt would be right over. Matt came to the rescue with his Dr.'s kit in the ready. Right there on the kitchen table he sewed Garrett up! Garrett almost passed out, he was white as a ghost. But Aubrey was Matt's second in command and asked a million questions as she leaned over to watch the entire process. I had to ask Aubrey to stop commenting on what Matt was doing because Garrett was getting more upset when he knew all the details. I laugh about it now, it was really quite comical! One kid white as a ghost and the other wanting to pick up the needle and start sewing. So, thank you to Matt for saving the day and Dad's Birthday. We were able to celebrate with Dad and have an enjoyable rest of the day.
Aubrey was cute, she wouldn't let me leave Garrett's side. She wanted me to lay next to him and shooed me back every time I left his side. She cleaned the house and took care of Layton. Then she put Garrett to bed that night, tucked him in and brought him breakfast in bed the next morning. Every brother needs a sister like that!
